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Serial killers are a popular subject, but one thing we don’t see often are women who kill. Thomas Lawes‘ thrilling female serial killer film Monochrome takes us inside the story of a disillusioned young woman who becomes a serial killer targeting wealthy land-owners, forcing a brilliant detective to use his unusual neurological condition to track her down. Monochrome, features a standout performance by BAFTA winner James Cosmo (TV’s Game of Thrones, Braveheart). Jo Woodcock (Dorian Gray), Singer-songwriter Cosmo Jarvis, Patrice Naiambana (Highlander: The Source), Lee Boardman (Jack & The Giant Slayer), Steve Jackson (TV’s Coronation Street) and Liz May Brice (Alien vs. Predator) make up the ensemble cast. Monochrome will arrive on VOD and DVD June 6, 2018, from genre specialist Gravitas Ventures who served as the sales agent.
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Serial killer thriller My Friend Dahmer arrives on Blu-ray and DVD this April. Former Disney star Ross Lynch (Austin and Ally) plays Dahmer in the film in which we will witness Dahmer’s teenage life before the killer went on to rape, murder, and dismember 17 young men. Filmed in Dahmer’s hometown of Summit County, Ohio and in his childhood home where he took his first victim’s life in 1978, the film was written and directed by Marc Meyers and co-stars Anne Heche, Vincent Kartheiser, Dallas Roberts, Alex Wolff, Miles RobbinsHarrison Holzer, and Cameron McKendry. In the film, “Jeff Dahmer (Lynch) is an awkward teenager struggling to make it through high school with a family life in ruins. He collects roadkill, fixates on a neighborhood jogger (Kartheiser), and copes with his unstable mother (Heche) and well-intentioned father (Roberts). He begins to act out at school, and his goofball antics win over a group of band-nerds who form The Dahmer Fan Club,
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It appears Lizzie McGuire actress Hilary Duff is starring in her first horror film. Duff has been hinting through social media posts that she is set to play murdered actress Sharon Tate, who was killed along with several friends by the Mason Family. In one photo Duff is sporting a fake pregnancy belly and a pink gown just like Tate was wearing when she was killed. https://www.instagram.com/p/BeTo5rGH0yc/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi Now, there is more evidence. Tonight, a Twitter account by the name of “Hilary Duff News” shared more photos and confirmed that Duff is indeed playing Tate in The Haunting of Sharon Tate, based on a popular theory that Tate’s ghost haunts the home where she died. The tweet also mentions that Daniel Farrands is involved and that filming has already begun. https://twitter.com/HilaryNews/status/956219664304099328 Farrands produced Amityville: the Awakening, The Haunting in Connecticut, along with several other films and several genre documentaries, which he also wrote and directed. The Haunting of Sharon Tate is
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Filming for Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile begins tomorrow, directed by Joe Berlinger. Today, the first image of star Zac Efron as serial killer Ted Bundy has arrived via Efron’s own Twitter account with the caption: “Meet Ted”. Meet Ted. #BehindTheScenes 🎬 pic.twitter.com/42IREG2kX6 — Zac Efron (@ZacEfron) January 17, 2018 Actress Lily Collins (The Dig) is set to star as Elizabeth Kloepfer, Bundy’s real-life ex-girlfriend whose perspective the film will be told from. We reported a few days ago that Acadamy Award nominee John Malkovich has joined the cast and will play the role of Judge Edward Cowart. Malkovich has starred in many films including Bullet Head, Deepwater Horizon, Red, Shadow of the Vampire, Con Air, and Being John Malkovich, just to name a few. While Efron has starred in a lot of comedies like Baywatch, Dirty Grandpa (which hilarious), Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Neighbors, and Neighbors 2, it appears the former Disney star is looking for
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On the heels of the news we reported this weekend that Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to star in Quentin Tarantino’s Manson film, comes news for another film involving the infamous cult leader Charles Manson. Word first came last year that American Psycho director Mary Harron and Guinevere Truner were teaming up once again, this time for The Family, “An examination of the infamous Manson Family murders through the eyes of graduate student Karlene Faith as she works with three young, brainwashed women who were part of the cult.” Today, Tracking Board is reporting that the film is finally moving forward with production set to begin in Los Angeles this March. The site also stated that currently, ‘Doctor Who’ actor Matt Smith is in talks to play the role of a real American psycho, Charles Manson. That’s not all, the site is also saying that Hannah Murray (Detroit) is in talks to play Manson family member Leslie Van Houten and
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There are a new series and film, based on the Lars Kepler’s series of thriller novels, on its way from Anonymous Content, according to Deadline. Lars Kepler is the pseudonym for the married Swedish writing team of Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril. A film adaption of ‘The Sandman’ will kick off the franchise which Kepler and Niclas Salomonsson will executive produce. The television adaption of ‘The Hypnotist’ has a first look deal with Paramount Television. Kerry Kohansky-Roberts of Anonymous and Steve Golin will executive produce both the film and the series. ‘The Hypnotist’ is set in Tumba, Sweden, where a triple homicide catches the attention of Detective Inspector Joona Linna. The only witness, a boy who watched his family being butchered. It’s a miracle that the boy survived after receiving more than a hundred knife wounds. He remains in shock, but the detective is desperate for answers and turns to a hypnotist to unlock the boy’s memory of the
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Last we heard Quentin Tarantino was working on the script for his ninth film as a director, a film based on the murders by notorious cult leader Charles Manson and his family. The good news is, the script has been finished according to Deadline, but the movie has hit a speed bump. Bob and Harvey Weinstein were attached to produce. Of course with the sexual assault scandal, things have changed. Now, Tarantino is searching for another home for the project. While casting has not been confirmed, it’s been said that Margot Robbie has been cast to play Sharon Tate. Reportedly, actors Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson have also signed on to co-star. Reportedly, the film will center on Sharon Tate who was 8 months pregnant when she was murdered. But she was not alone that night. Four other people were killed at her LA home on August 8, 1969. On that night four of the Manson family
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‘Wayward Pines’ star Matt Dillon is set to star in the upcoming serial killer thriller The House That Jack Built alongside Ed Speleers, Uma Thurman, Riley Keough, Bruno Ganz, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and Sofie Gråbøl. Written and directed by Lars von Trier (Antichrist, The Kingdom), the story follows Jack (Dillon), “a highly intelligent serial killer over the course of 12 years and depicts the murders that truly develop Jack as a serial killer.” The House That Jack Built has entered pre-production and is set to arrive sometime next year from IFC Films. We will keep you posted.
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You might remember the Sprouse twins from ‘The Suite Life’. The two have grown into young men, both with promising careers. While Cole Sprouse plays the role of “Jughead” on The CW’s series ‘Riverdale’, his brother Dylan is starring in the upcoming thriller Dismissed whose trailer has just arrived. In the film, transfer student Lucas Ward seems like an exemplary student with a love of English, going above and beyond for the perfect grade. He’s certainly the favorite of high school teacher Mr. Butler. Then again, all rising serial killers seem that way. The signs start to show when Lucas gets a B+, bringing out his need to be the best at everything. He also doesn’t mind harming his classmates. Directed by Benjamin Arfmann, the film was co-stars Kent Osborne, Randall Park, Chris Bauer, Alycia Delmore, and Rae Gray, and was written by Brian McAuley. Dismissed will arrive on Video On Demand and Digital on November 21, 2017.
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Naomi Watts has signed on to both star and executive produce the upcoming psychological thriller The Wolf Hour, directed by Alistair Banks Griffin. Variety quotes HanWay Films’ managing director Gabrielle Stewart as saying the “Son of Sam” inspired film is a “Hitchcockian tension in a densely layered world with a role that will exploit every fiber of Academy Award nominee Naomi Watt’s emotional range as an actor,” Stewart continued. “Director Alistair Banks Griffin has a clear vision of the world he is enveloping Watts in: all of our senses are going to be stimulated.” Griffin, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Bailey Conway Anglewicz, Bradley Pilz will produce The Wolf Hour which is set to begin filming in New York City later this year. Linda Moran of Belladonna Productions, Fred Berger of Automatik, and Gabrielle Nadig will co-produce along with Watts. Watts has appeared in films and series such as The Glass Castle, King Kong, The Ring, The Ring Two, ‘Twin Peaks’ and most
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Serial killers are a popular subject, but one thing we don’t see often are women who kill. Thomas Lawes‘ thrilling female serial killer film Monochrome takes us inside the story of a disillusioned young woman who becomes a serial killer targeting wealthy land-owners, forcing a brilliant detective to use his unusual neurological condition to track her down. Monochrome, features a standout performance by BAFTA winner James Cosmo (TV’s Game of Thrones, Braveheart). Jo Woodcock (Dorian Gray), Singer-songwriter Cosmo Jarvis, Patrice Naiambana (Highlander: The Source), Lee Boardman (Jack & The Giant Slayer), Steve Jackson (TV’s Coronation Street) and Liz May Brice (Alien vs. Predator) make up the ensemble cast. Monochrome will arrive on VOD and DVD June 6, 2018, from genre specialist Gravitas Ventures who served as the sales agent.
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Serial killer thriller My Friend Dahmer arrives on Blu-ray and DVD this April. Former Disney star Ross Lynch (Austin and Ally) plays Dahmer in the film in which we will witness Dahmer’s teenage life before the killer went on to rape, murder, and dismember 17 young men. Filmed in Dahmer’s hometown of Summit County, Ohio and in his childhood home where he took his first victim’s life in 1978, the film was written and directed by Marc Meyers and co-stars Anne Heche, Vincent Kartheiser, Dallas Roberts, Alex Wolff, Miles RobbinsHarrison Holzer, and Cameron McKendry. In the film, “Jeff Dahmer (Lynch) is an awkward teenager struggling to make it through high school with a family life in ruins. He collects roadkill, fixates on a neighborhood jogger (Kartheiser), and copes with his unstable mother (Heche) and well-intentioned father (Roberts). He begins to act out at school, and his goofball antics win over a group of band-nerds who form The Dahmer Fan Club,
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True Story
It appears Lizzie McGuire actress Hilary Duff is starring in her first horror film. Duff has been hinting through social media posts that she is set to play murdered actress Sharon Tate, who was killed along with several friends by the Mason Family. In one photo Duff is sporting a fake pregnancy belly and a pink gown just like Tate was wearing when she was killed. https://www.instagram.com/p/BeTo5rGH0yc/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi Now, there is more evidence. Tonight, a Twitter account by the name of “Hilary Duff News” shared more photos and confirmed that Duff is indeed playing Tate in The Haunting of Sharon Tate, based on a popular theory that Tate’s ghost haunts the home where she died. The tweet also mentions that Daniel Farrands is involved and that filming has already begun. https://twitter.com/HilaryNews/status/956219664304099328 Farrands produced Amityville: the Awakening, The Haunting in Connecticut, along with several other films and several genre documentaries, which he also wrote and directed. The Haunting of Sharon Tate is
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Filming for Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile begins tomorrow, directed by Joe Berlinger. Today, the first image of star Zac Efron as serial killer Ted Bundy has arrived via Efron’s own Twitter account with the caption: “Meet Ted”. Meet Ted. #BehindTheScenes 🎬 pic.twitter.com/42IREG2kX6 — Zac Efron (@ZacEfron) January 17, 2018 Actress Lily Collins (The Dig) is set to star as Elizabeth Kloepfer, Bundy’s real-life ex-girlfriend whose perspective the film will be told from. We reported a few days ago that Acadamy Award nominee John Malkovich has joined the cast and will play the role of Judge Edward Cowart. Malkovich has starred in many films including Bullet Head, Deepwater Horizon, Red, Shadow of the Vampire, Con Air, and Being John Malkovich, just to name a few. While Efron has starred in a lot of comedies like Baywatch, Dirty Grandpa (which hilarious), Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Neighbors, and Neighbors 2, it appears the former Disney star is looking for
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On the heels of the news we reported this weekend that Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to star in Quentin Tarantino’s Manson film, comes news for another film involving the infamous cult leader Charles Manson. Word first came last year that American Psycho director Mary Harron and Guinevere Truner were teaming up once again, this time for The Family, “An examination of the infamous Manson Family murders through the eyes of graduate student Karlene Faith as she works with three young, brainwashed women who were part of the cult.” Today, Tracking Board is reporting that the film is finally moving forward with production set to begin in Los Angeles this March. The site also stated that currently, ‘Doctor Who’ actor Matt Smith is in talks to play the role of a real American psycho, Charles Manson. That’s not all, the site is also saying that Hannah Murray (Detroit) is in talks to play Manson family member Leslie Van Houten and
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There are a new series and film, based on the Lars Kepler’s series of thriller novels, on its way from Anonymous Content, according to Deadline. Lars Kepler is the pseudonym for the married Swedish writing team of Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril. A film adaption of ‘The Sandman’ will kick off the franchise which Kepler and Niclas Salomonsson will executive produce. The television adaption of ‘The Hypnotist’ has a first look deal with Paramount Television. Kerry Kohansky-Roberts of Anonymous and Steve Golin will executive produce both the film and the series. ‘The Hypnotist’ is set in Tumba, Sweden, where a triple homicide catches the attention of Detective Inspector Joona Linna. The only witness, a boy who watched his family being butchered. It’s a miracle that the boy survived after receiving more than a hundred knife wounds. He remains in shock, but the detective is desperate for answers and turns to a hypnotist to unlock the boy’s memory of the
Continue reading →
True Crime
Last we heard Quentin Tarantino was working on the script for his ninth film as a director, a film based on the murders by notorious cult leader Charles Manson and his family. The good news is, the script has been finished according to Deadline, but the movie has hit a speed bump. Bob and Harvey Weinstein were attached to produce. Of course with the sexual assault scandal, things have changed. Now, Tarantino is searching for another home for the project. While casting has not been confirmed, it’s been said that Margot Robbie has been cast to play Sharon Tate. Reportedly, actors Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson have also signed on to co-star. Reportedly, the film will center on Sharon Tate who was 8 months pregnant when she was murdered. But she was not alone that night. Four other people were killed at her LA home on August 8, 1969. On that night four of the Manson family
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‘Wayward Pines’ star Matt Dillon is set to star in the upcoming serial killer thriller The House That Jack Built alongside Ed Speleers, Uma Thurman, Riley Keough, Bruno Ganz, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and Sofie Gråbøl. Written and directed by Lars von Trier (Antichrist, The Kingdom), the story follows Jack (Dillon), “a highly intelligent serial killer over the course of 12 years and depicts the murders that truly develop Jack as a serial killer.” The House That Jack Built has entered pre-production and is set to arrive sometime next year from IFC Films. We will keep you posted.
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You might remember the Sprouse twins from ‘The Suite Life’. The two have grown into young men, both with promising careers. While Cole Sprouse plays the role of “Jughead” on The CW’s series ‘Riverdale’, his brother Dylan is starring in the upcoming thriller Dismissed whose trailer has just arrived. In the film, transfer student Lucas Ward seems like an exemplary student with a love of English, going above and beyond for the perfect grade. He’s certainly the favorite of high school teacher Mr. Butler. Then again, all rising serial killers seem that way. The signs start to show when Lucas gets a B+, bringing out his need to be the best at everything. He also doesn’t mind harming his classmates. Directed by Benjamin Arfmann, the film was co-stars Kent Osborne, Randall Park, Chris Bauer, Alycia Delmore, and Rae Gray, and was written by Brian McAuley. Dismissed will arrive on Video On Demand and Digital on November 21, 2017.
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Naomi Watts has signed on to both star and executive produce the upcoming psychological thriller The Wolf Hour, directed by Alistair Banks Griffin. Variety quotes HanWay Films’ managing director Gabrielle Stewart as saying the “Son of Sam” inspired film is a “Hitchcockian tension in a densely layered world with a role that will exploit every fiber of Academy Award nominee Naomi Watt’s emotional range as an actor,” Stewart continued. “Director Alistair Banks Griffin has a clear vision of the world he is enveloping Watts in: all of our senses are going to be stimulated.” Griffin, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Bailey Conway Anglewicz, Bradley Pilz will produce The Wolf Hour which is set to begin filming in New York City later this year. Linda Moran of Belladonna Productions, Fred Berger of Automatik, and Gabrielle Nadig will co-produce along with Watts. Watts has appeared in films and series such as The Glass Castle, King Kong, The Ring, The Ring Two, ‘Twin Peaks’ and most
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